The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:5673 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: efivarfs: force RO when remounting if SetVariable is not supported (CVE-2023-52463)

    * kernel: igc: avoid returning frame twice in XDP_REDIRECT (CVE-2024-26853)

    * kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge (CVE-2024-36000)

    * kernel: bpf, sockmap: Don't let sock_map_{close,destroy,unhash} call itself (CVE-2023-52735)

    * kernel: net: fix out-of-bounds access in ops_init (CVE-2024-36883)

    * kernel: net/mlx5e: Fix netif state handling (CVE-2024-38608)

    * kernel: net/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc() (CVE-2024-40995)

    * kernel: virtio-net: tap: mlx5_core short frame denial of service (CVE-2024-41090)

    * kernel: virtio-net: tun: mlx5_core short frame denial of service (CVE-2024-41091)

    * kernel: NFSv4: Fix memory leak in nfs4_set_security_label (CVE-2024-41076)

    * kernel: ice: Don't process extts if PTP is disabled (CVE-2024-42107)

    Bug Fix(es):

    * kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the latest RHEL-9.2 ad hoc schedule build (JIRA:RHEL-54222)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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RHEL 9 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2024:5673)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206197

Version 1.4

Version 1.2

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Version 1.4 Sep 30, 2025, 5:08 PM CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2024-41090" to "CVE-2024-41091") Plugin Feed: 202509301708
Version 1.2 Nov 7, 2024, 8:25 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Plugin metadata Reference Plugin Feed: 202411072025
Version 1.1 Aug 26, 2024, 1:43 AM New Plugin Feed: 202408260143